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In this photo taken Feb. 28, 2017, a flag flies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers return to Washington this week to a familiar quagmire on health care legislation and a budget deadline dramatized by the prospect of a protracted battle between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over his border wall. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Possible shutdown, health care quagmire awaiting Congress

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

N. Carolina governor vetoes GOP bills on elections, judges

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Future of revamped health care bill remains dubious in House

By ALAN FRAM and JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, a doctor and former congressman, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, before a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing to outline the Trump administration's proposals to trim the HHS budget. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Tom Price: There’s a ‘plan B’ for Obamacare reform

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Kansas state Sen. Jake LaTurner, left, R-Pittsburg, speaks to reporters after his appointment as state treasurer by Gov. Sam Brownback, right, during a news conference, Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. LaTurner is replacing Republican Ron Estes following Estes' victory in a special congressional election. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas governor names lawmaker as new state treasurer

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Democratic candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional seat Jon Ossoff talks with supporters at a campaign field office Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Marietta, Ga. Voters began casting ballots on Tuesday in the special election to fill the House seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Jon Ossoff nears first place in Georgia House race

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Trump took to Twitter to attack Jon Ossoff, the leading Democratic candidate for a special election in Georgia, calling Mr. Ossoff soft on crime and immigration. (Associated Press)

Jon Ossoff of Georgia attacked by Trump on Twitter prior to election

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

North Dakota attempting to fix voter ID rules after lawsuit

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 12, 2017 file photo, people react as House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. speaks at a town hall meeting in The Dalles, Ore. In the auditorium of his old middle school just blocks from where he still lives, the congressman who is a lead author of the stalled House Republican health care bill was treated like the villain in a class play in a town hall meeting. Walden ran into the same anger that has unnerved his Republican colleagues at similar sessions and prompted others to not even bother holding them. (Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian via AP, File)

Even in hometown, constituents rip into Republican lawmaker

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Deep budget cuts loom for Iowa as session nears adjournment

By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ and LINLEY SANDERS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 12, 2017 file photo House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. speaks at a town hall meeting in The Dalles, Ore. In the auditorium of his old middle school just blocks from where he still lives, the congressman who is a lead author of the stalled House Republican health care bill was treated like the villain in a class play in a town hall meeting. Walden ran into the same anger that has unnerved his Republican colleagues at similar sessions and prompted others to not even bother holding them. (Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian via AP, File)

When a lawmaker is treated as the villain in a class play

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Q&A: Kansas special election turns attention to 2018 races

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Republican gubernatorial candidate, Corey Stewart (center) gestures during opening statements as State Sen. Frank Wagner, left, and Ed Gillespie listen during a debate at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia on Thursday. Mr. Gillespie is the current leader among the three GOP candidates-- he's polling at 28 percent. (Associated Press)

Race for Virginia GOP gubernatorial nomination heats up

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 24, 2017, file photo, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., center, one of the stewards of the Republican healthcare legislation, walks through Statuary Hall after leaving the Capitol Hill office of House Speaker Paul Ryan in Washington, D.C. The television and digital ads, unveiled earlier this week, pressure Republicans to a back a revised version of the GOP health care bill that Speaker Paul Ryan abruptly withdrew last month because it lacked the votes. The ads will air in some districts including that of Walden, who was instrumental in pushing for the original health care bill through his panel. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Conservative group’s health ads slam top GOP lawmakers

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Republican gubernatorial candidate, Ed Gillespie, right, listens as Corey Stewart, left, gestures during a debate at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)'

Ed Gillespie, Cory Stewart, Frank Wagner tangle in Virginia Republican governor debate

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at a news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump gives states power to cut off Planned Parenthood money

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden holds a town hall meeting in The Dalles, Oreg., Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian via AP)

House chairman skeptical of conservatives’ health care idea

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, Rep. David Young, R-Iowa, speaks at town hall meeting in Urbandale, Iowa. Rebuffing President Donald Trump and Republican leaders on the GOP health care bill seemed like a major political misstep for Young, who quickly was punished by a political action committee linked to Speaker Paul Ryan. Nearly three weeks later, voters in Young's southwestern Iowa district _ Republicans and Democrats _ say the GOP congressman made the right move. (AP Photo/Linley Sanders, File)

Iowa voters say GOP lawmaker right to say no to health bill

By THOMAS BEAUMONT - Associated Press

NJ GOP Rep. Lance faces skeptical voters at town hall

By MICHAEL CATALINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 1, 2017 file photo, Republican GOP congressional candidate in the 4th district Ron Estes votes with his wife Susan Estes at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kan. Republicans escaped a special House election in Kansas with a single-digit victory in a district where they have romped in the past, an early warning sign for the GOP at the start of Donald Trump’s presidency. (Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle via AP. File)

Republicans’ narrow win for Kansas seat emboldens Democrats

By KEN THOMAS and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press